+1 for jMeter. It's not *too* finicky... Coupla nice features worth mentioning: 1. You can set it to either remember or forget cookies. With cookies on, you can script a whole login sequence and use that as your load test. With cookies off, you can stress your server with 50,000 live sessions in the blinking of an eye. 2. The test scripts can read parameters out of a comma-delimited file. If you point the above-mentioned login sequence at a file containing a bunch of user accounts, you can get the worst of both worlds and have 50,000 live *authenticated* sessions.
Kind of fun. Your server *will* crash - but do you know when? (cue spooky music). Jaime > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Mandel [mailto:mark.man...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 7:23 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Load testing tools. > > I got quite into jMeter, but its a bit finicky to get into. > > Once you understand how it works, tho', its very flexible (and free!) > > Mark > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Robert Rawlins < > robert.rawl...@thinkbluemedia.co.uk> wrote: > > > Afternoon guys, > > > > Any good recommendations on load testing tools? I'm just > looking for > > something that'll make HTTP requests to a bunch of given > URLS on set > > intervals for a period of time, monitoring response times etc. I've > > used a couple in the past but forget which, thought I'd get > your suggestions. > > > > Obviously I'm quite partial to something free or open source ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317817 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
